Secret drawer.



A. A. ANDERSON- SECRET DRAWER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8, 1914.

1,147,998. Patented July 27, 1915.

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SECRET, DRAWER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED A. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Secret Drawers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The invention relates to secret drawers for jewelry and similar articles; and the object of the improvement is to provide a drawer which is easily accessible but which is entirely removable from sight so that its existence would not be suspected on an arti ole of furniture or in any covered construction of wood or framework in a room or other building; and the invention consists of the novel features and combinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the top drawer of a dresser or chiffonier or similar article of furniture, the remainder of the piece of furniture being broken away, the top drawer being partially withdrawn and showing the secret drawer in the lowered position; Fig. Qis a perspective view of the secret drawer and its supporting frame with the drawer in the lowered position; and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the drawer and frame in the raised position, the lower position being shown in dotted lines.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 10 designates the dresser or similar article of furniture which has a covered space within it, as for example, within the curved or molded top 11, which gives sufiicient space for the attachment of the frame 12 of the secret drawer.

The frame 12 consists of a U-shaped or open-ended frame having two side pieces in which are pivotally mounted the U-shaped wire bridles 13 which are hinged to a cover board 14 preferably by means of a plate 15 at each side.

A drawer 16 is attached to the under side of the cover 14 preferably by means of a pivotal screw 17 and has a stop 18 on its under side near the rear corner to hold the drawer in line when in the closed position,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 8, 1914.

Patented July 27, 1915.

Serial No. $49,654.

as shown in Fig. 3. A spring 19 is provided on one of the side pieces of the frame 12 to support the drawer in the raised position, which spring is preferably attached on the outer sidev of said frame side piece and extends slidably through a hole in the same so as to extend beneath the coping edge 20 of the cover l i when in the closed position and has a downwardly extending end for finger pressure, as shown in Fig. 3.

It is apparent that the downwardly extending end of the spring 19 maybe pressed,

thereby moving the spring 19 to one side and out of the way of the edge 20 of the cover 14-, thereby 'iermitting the cover 14- and drawer 16 as they swing freely on the bridles 13, to drop down, after which the drawer 16 may be turned on the screw 17 bringing it into view for the reception of jewelry or other articles which it is desired to secrete.

It is apparent that it would not depart from my invention to provide drawer slide supports for the drawer 16 along the under edges of the cover 1% in place of the pivotal attachment by the screw 17. The pivotal attachment, however, is preferred since it is simpler and not so likely to get out of position and the drawer is locked against turning between the side pieces of the frame 12 when in the raised position, as shown in Fig. 3.

It is apparent that this simple secret drawer construction may be attached by means of the screws 21 to the under side of a dresser top or in any other covered position whether on furniture or other constructions and thereby hold articles which it is desired to secrete.

I claim as new:

1. A secret drawer construction comprising a frame, bridles hinged on said frame to fold therewithin, a board hinged on said bridles and supported thereby to fold within said frame, a drawer pivotally attached near the front edge of said board to fold beneath the same, a stop on the under side of said board for said drawer, and means on said frame for releasably holding said drawer in the folded position.

2. In combination with a piece of furniture having a top with a recess on its under side, a secret drawer construction comprisside of said top to engage said board and ing bridles hinged to the under side of said hold said drawer in the folded position. 10 top within said recess, a board hinged to In testimony whereof I have afiixed my said bridles to swingingly support said signature in the presence of two witnesses. board, a stop on the under side of said ALFRED A. ANDERSON. board, a drawer pivotally attached to the Witnesses: I

front portion of said board tofold against H. A. SANDBERG,

said stop, and a spring catch on the under JOSEPH M. THELANDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. V 

